nasi sudah menjadi bubur

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay nasi sudah menjadi bubur. Equivalent to nasi (“rice”) +‎ sudah (“already”) +‎ menjadi (“become”) +‎ bubur (“porridge”), literally “rice has become porridge” (keeping in mind that porridge cannot become rice).

Proverb

nasi sudah menjadi bubur

  1. (idiomatic) what's done cannot be undone

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